Ethan Linkous

World War II and the Third Reich

FascismFascism: an

authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

What group of people did the Nazi’s blame for Germany’s downfall in World War I?

1. Polish2. Jews3. French

Nazi prejudice

So close…

Ehhhhhh Nice try Doc!!!!

Living spaceLebensraum: the territory

that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, associated with Nazi Germany.

Neville

Chamberlain

and Hitler at a

conference in

Munich.

The League of

Nations policy

of appeasement

failed to stop

Hitler.

Hitler and Appeasement

Invasion of PolandWorld War II began

on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.

Axis powersGermany, Italy and

Japan formed the Axis powers.

Pictured here (from left to right) Tojo, Mussolini, and Hitler.

Country Military Civilian Total

USSR 12 million 17 million 29 million

Poland 597,000 5.86 million 6.27 million

Germany 3.25 million 2.44 million 5.69 million

Yugoslavia 305,000 1.35 million 1.66 million

Romania 450,000 465,000 915,000

Hungary 200,000 600,000 800,000

France 245,000 350,000 595,000

Italy 380,000 153,000 533,000

Great Britain 403,000 92,700 495,000

United States 407,000 6,000 413,000

Czechoslovakia

7,000 315,000 322,000

Holland 13,700 236,000 247,700

Greece 19,000 140,000 159,000

Belgium 76,000 23,000 99,000

Death tolls of World War II:

Jewish Persecution Nazi’s blamed the

Jews for most problems in German society.

They placed them in concentration camps such as Auschwitz.